A few days ago, I made my leap into Linux world by installing Debian 2.2r0 onto my 400 MHz AMD K6-2 system. Things have gone fairly well, but there were a couple of things that got fouled up that I can't seem to fix:
[1] The X Window system didn't get configured properly. The xviddetect utility failed to recognize my video card (it has a Trident 3DImage975/9750 chipset). The xviddetect video.ids database actually contains the card, but with a slightly different label: "3DImage" vs. the "3DIm`age" reported by the PCI query. I got xvidetect to finally report the appropriate svga server by editing the video.ids file. What do I do now to get X configured? [2] When I boot up (using the compact kernel), the system (kernel?) changes the console into vga16fb frame buffer mode, blowing away the text mode that I selected using a vga=1 or vga=9 bootprompt argument. I *hate* this frame- buffer mode. 80x30 characters is a major underutilization of my 17-inch monitor. How can I get the consoles back into true text mode? If that's not possible (or merely too painful), can I change into a higher resolution graphics mode? I tried messing with the fbset utility, but I got "unknown video mode" or "ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: invalid argument" for my efforts. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Felix ([EMAIL PROTECTED])